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Discussions on Preston site
The FRT is entering into detailed discussions with the Ribble
Steam Railway about the possibility of building a workshop and small museum
at the RSR in Preston's Docklands.
The Trust hopes this will be a "win win" for both organisations.
Welcome to the award-winning official website for the Furness Railway Trust, owners of Britain's oldest working standard gauge steam locomotive, Furness Railway Number 20.
The FRT also owns a number of other locomotives including GWR 0-6-2T 5643 and vintage rolling stock. Our fund-raising and your support keeps us going.
We are based in the North West of England but our locomotives and carriages are operated nationwide. Find out about the our sister organisation, the Lakeside Railway Society, and the old Furness Railway Company.
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Website last updated: April 20, 2009
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Website designed by Neil Smith.
Lizzie man lifts the lid
What's it like to take a steam loco onto the main line? Hear and see at
first hand with April's LRS Preston Branch talk
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FR 20 returns to Locomotion
Our flagship locomotive has arrived at the National Railway Museum outpost
at Shildon to be operational locomotive in residence for most of 2009. The
Trust is delighted to be asked back after last September's
highly successful visit; this is the third time FR 20 has been invited
to part of the NRM.
This hire is the first step in the Trust's plans to relocate its assets away from the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway. It has been joined in the Shildon area by "Fluff", our earliest locomotive purchase.